Fastener for swingingly-mounted storm windows or other similar closures



Oct. 19 1926.

B. M l. CAMPBELL FASTENER FOR SWINGINGLY MOUNTED STORM WINDOWS OR OTHER SIMILAR CLOSURES Filed Sept. 29 1925 INVENTOR (5.7% Ca mpbell,

ATTORNEYS Patented Get. 19, 1926.

entree sTArss 1,603,581 PATENT FFIQE.

BRUCE MO'INTOSH CAMPBELL, OF SUFERIOR, WISCONSIN.

Application filed September 29, 1925.

My invention is a fastener for a swingingly mounted storm window or other similar closure, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is the provision of a simple, reliable, and efficient fastener which affords facilities for holding a swin ingly mounted storm window or other simi lar closure with which the device is associated releasably in any predetermined position between fully opened position and closed position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a fastener of the character described which can be adjusted quickly and easily from the inner side of the storm window or like closure with which the device is associated.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a fastener of the character described which will take up but-little space and will not be unsightly in appearance when in applied position.

Other objects and advantages of'the invention will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View, showing the fastener in use in association with a swingingly mounted storm window, the latter being shown in fully opened position,

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the structure exhibited in Figure 1, with portions of the storm window and the fastener broken away, and

Figure 3 is a relatively enlarged frag mentary and more or less schematic view of the fastener and associated portions of the storm window and the frame for the storm window.

In Figures 1 and 2 the numeral 1 generally designates a window frame. A storm window 2 is attached at its upper end, as by means of the hinges 8, to an upper transverse member 4 of the window frame. The storm window is swingable outwardly from closed position.

A fastener embodying the invention includes a substantially rightangular bracket which comprises an attaching arm 5 and a supporting arm 6. The attaching arm 5 is secured by screws 7 or like fastening devices firmly in place on the horizontal bottom member 8 of the window frame so that Serial No. 59,338.

the supporting arm 6 will be disposed substantially at right angles to the plane of the window frame. The bracket 56 is secured to the bottom member 8 of the window frame intermediate the ends of the latter and inwardly of the path of swinging movement of the lower end of the storm window 2. The inner end portion of a straight holding bar 9 is attached by a horizontal pivot element 10 to the bracket arm 6. The holding bar 9 is of sufficient length to extend outwardly a considerable distance beyond the outer edge of the bottom member 8 of the window frame, and a slot 11 is formed in the. lower edge of the storm window 2 to afford clearance for the extending portion of the holding bar 9 as the storm window 2 is swung from fully opened position, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, to fully closed position. A longitudinal guide slot 12 extends in the holding bar 9 for nearly the full length of the latter.

The improved fastener also comprises a second bracket which is carried by the lower edge portion of the storm window 2 at the inner side of the latter. This second bracket comprises an attaching middle or body portion 13 and end portions or arms 14 and 15, respectively, at the opposite ends of the body portion 13. The arm 14 extends substantially at right angles to the body portion 13 of this second bracket. The body portion 13 of this second bracket is secured by screws 16 or like fastening devices to the lower edge portion of the storm window 2 at the inner side of the latter so that the arm 14 has the outer face thereof substantially flush with a side wall of the slot 11 and the holding bar 9 therefore will slid-e flatwise against the arm 14 as it moves into the slot 11 wheel the storm window swings from open position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, toward the plane of the window frame. The arm 14 of the second named bracket is provided with a screw threaded transverse opening adapted for engagement with the shank 17 of a clamping screw 18. This shank 17 of the clamping screw is adapted to extend through the slot 12 of the holding bar 9 and to slide along the latter when the clamping screw has been loosened. The head of the clamping screw preferably is flattened longitudinallv on two opposite sides thereof as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that the head of the clamping screw can be gripped between the fingers of an operator and conveniently manipulated. If desirable, the clamping screw may be provided with a flange or contact washer 19 adjacent to the head thereof and adapted to healagainst the holding bar 9 at the side of the latter which is opposite to the arm 1d when the clamping screw is tightened so that the holding bar will be firmly held between the clamping portion 19 of the clamping screw and the arm 14: of the associated bracket when the clamping screw has been tightened.

The arm 15 of the second named bracket extends for part of its length from its junc ture with the body 13 of that bracket substantially parallel to the arm 1d and then curves outwardly and rearwardly substan tially along an arc of a circle as indicated at 20, thus producing a linger grip portion or handle which can be conveniently grasped by an operator of the device and actuated after the clan'iping screw has been loosened to swing the storm window 2 from closed position to any desirable position between fully closed and fully opened position. The clamping screw then is tightened and the storm window will be releasably hold in that predetern'iined adjusted position. Of course, the operation is substantially the same when it is desired to return the storm window from adjusted open position to closed position, the clamping screw being loosened and the handle 20 being grasped and actuated to swing the storm window to closed position. The clamping screw then is tightened again and the storm window will be releasably held in fully closed position.

While I have shown the device applied to a swingable storm window and its mounting, it is obvious that the device is equally applicable to any other similar swingingly supported closure.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiments in forms other than that which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and I therefore consider as my own all such modifications and adaptations thereof as clearly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim A fastener for a swinging closure having a slot in the free end thereof, said fastener comprising a holding bar, a bracket secured to a stationary member of the frame for said closure, means pivota-lly connecting an end portion of said holding bar to said bracket so that said holding bar is supported to extend through the slot in said closure when the latter swings between a given open position and fully closed position, said holding bar having a longitudinal slot formed therein to extend for the greater part of the length of the holding bar, a second bracket attached to the free end portion of said swinging closure at the inner side of the latter, said second bracket including an arm located adjacent to said slot of the closure and in contact with said holding bar, said arm of the second named bracket having a threaded opening formed therein, and a clamping screw having a shank extending slidably through the slot in said holding her and engaged with the opening in the arm of said; second named bracket, said clamping screw being operable to clamp said holding bar to said arm of the second named bracket when desired.

BRUCE MoINTOSH CAMPBELL. 

